One week to go until HBO Max finally arrives in the UK – and Warner Bros. Discovery is sweetening the deal for TNT Sports fans with a new set of Saver Plans that could save you up to £131 a year.
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the plans ahead of next Thursday’s launch, with options for both standalone TNT Sports subscribers and those who want to bundle it with an HBO Max entertainment plan.
But before we get into the new plans, here’s a quick rundown of what’s happening to TNT Sports on March 26 – because there’s quite a lot changing at once.
HBO Max UK Launch: A Quick Recap
For anyone catching up – HBO Max is Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service, and it’s been available pretty much everywhere except the UK until now. That finally changes next Thursday.
The service will bring together HBO’s complete prestige drama back catalogue – Game of Thrones, Succession, The Sopranos, The Wire – alongside newer productions like the award-winning The Pitt, Warner Bros. films including the Oscar-winning One Battle After Another and Sinners, plus upcoming originals like Lanterns.
Four entertainment plans will be available directly from HBO Max:
- Basic with Ads – £4.99/month: Two devices, Full HD. HBO shows and Warner Bros. back catalogue films, but not the newest theatrical releases, and no offline downloads.
- Standard with Ads – £5.99/month: Two devices, Full HD, 30 downloads. Adds the newest theatrical releases.
- Standard – £9.99/month: Same as above, but ad-free.
- Premium – £14.99/month: Four devices, 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Atmos, 100 downloads, ad-free.
The service will be available directly via hbomax.com, through Sky (see more on that below), through Prime Video Channels, and – for NOW subscribers – built into the NOW app as part of the NOW Entertainment & HBO Max membership.
TNT Sports Is Moving House
The other big change happening on March 26 is that TNT Sports – which covers the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, Grand Slam tennis, MotoGP, Tour de France cycling, World Snooker Tour and more – is leaving Discovery+ and moving to HBO Max as its new streaming home.
If you currently subscribe to TNT Sports through Discovery+ directly, your subscription will automatically continue on HBO Max from March 26.
Just download the HBO Max app and sign in with your existing Discovery+ email and password. If you subscribe through Sky, BT/EE, O2 or Virgin Media, your access to TNT Sports continues through those partners – though you’ll now be watching via the HBO Max app rather than Discovery+.
The regular price remains £30.99 per month on a rolling monthly basis – unchanged from before.
The New Saver Plans
Today, HBO Max has announced a set of Saver Plans for UK subscribers who want to commit to 12 months, available directly via hbomax.com only.
These won’t be available through Sky, NOW, or any other partner – they’re direct subscriptions only.
First, for TNT Sports on its own: the TNT Sports Saver Plan will drop the monthly price from £30.99 to £25.99 per month on a 12-month minimum term – saving £5 per month, or £60 over the year.
Then there are the combined entertainment and TNT Sports bundles, all on 12-month minimum terms.
To put the savings into perspective: Standard with Ads plus TNT Sports at their regular monthly prices would cost £36.98 per month – the Saver Plan brings that down to £27.99.
Premium plus TNT Sports normally adds up to £45.98 per month – the Saver Plan cuts that to £34.99.
It’s worth noting that Basic with Ads cannot be combined with TNT Sports – the sports add-on is only available alongside Standard with Ads, Standard, or Premium plans.
| Plan | Monthly Plan (per month) | With TNT Sports Monthly (per month) | With TNT Sports Saver Plan (per month ×12) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic with Ads | £4.99 | N/A | N/A |
| Standard with Ads | £5.99 | £36.98 | £27.99 |
| Standard | £9.99 | £40.98 | £30.99 |
| Premium | £14.99 | £45.98 | £34.99 |
| TNT Sports Standalone | Monthly Plan (per month) | Saver Plan (per month ×12) |
|---|---|---|
| TNT Sports | £30.99 | £25.99 |
What About Sky And NOW?
Most Sky TV customers will already be getting HBO Max Basic with Ads included in their subscription from March 26 – and if you’re a Sky Stream, Sky Glass, or Sky Q customer with Sky Ultimate TV, you’ll be getting a proper standalone HBO Max account, not just a watered-down version baked into another app.
Sky customers will be able to upgrade to higher HBO Max tiers through Sky Billing, paying just the difference above the Basic with Ads price.
TNT Sports remains available through Sky as a separate add-on, and Sky does occasionally offer its own promotional pricing on sports packages – so if you’re already a Sky subscriber, it’s worth checking what’s available through your Sky account before heading to HBO Max directly.
NOW is a different story. HBO Max will be built into NOW Entertainment as part of the NOW Entertainment & HBO Max membership, which is currently available for as little as £2.99 per month on an annual deal.
But TNT Sports and these new Saver Plans are something NOW simply can’t offer. TNT Sports has always been a separate subscription from NOW Entertainment, and that’s not changing – you’d need to subscribe to it separately regardless.
It’s also worth remembering the differences between getting HBO Max through NOW versus subscribing directly. The NOW app will stream HBO Max content in 720p without a Boost upgrade (compared to Full HD 1080p on a direct subscription), and limits you to one simultaneous stream.
NOW subscribers will be able to activate a standalone HBO Max account – something we revealed earlier this month – but even then, you can’t upgrade tiers or add TNT Sports through that route (but you can upgrade via NOW’s own Boost tiers).
For NOW subscribers who want TNT Sports, the direct hbomax.com route – with or without a Saver Plan – is the only way to get it bundled with their HBO Max entertainment subscription.
The Saver Plans will go live alongside HBO Max’s UK launch on March 26.
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